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The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) will mark 200 years of lifesaving at a service of thanksgiving at St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall this Sunday (24 March). Volunteers from around Orkney will form a guard of honour and join the public service to mark the charity’s bicentenary. 

A proposed project to construct a deep water quay facility in Scapa Flow to service the offshore wind industry, has been placed on the reserve list for UK Government funding.

Orkney Islands Council has successfully achieved a Bronze award from Digital Telecare for Scottish Local Government in recognition of progress made on the switchover to a digital Telecare Service.  

There's just over one week to go until voters in Stromness and the South Isles head to the polls in a by-election.  

The seat is vacant following the retirement of James Stockan and two candidates have put themselves forward for election. 

A reminder to motorists that the 'first hour free' parking in our pay-and-display car parks ends for the year on 31 March, with parking fees also returning to full price.

Orkney Islands Council is reminding folk that applications to its Community Transport Small Grant Scheme for 2024/25 closes this weekend.

A summing up of road works underway or soon to start in the county - for week starting Monday 18 March 2024.

Volunteers behind a successful service in the county are encouraging others to come on board to continue its good work among more vulnerable members of the community as it becomes a statutory offering. 

Being a nurse in Saudi Arabia during the first Gulf War didn’t faze Orkney’s Jan Buchanan. 

Bill Wallace moved to Orkney with his family and was keen to immerse himself in island life.